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Career Profile: Boat Builders and Shipwrights

by Susan Huebert

Boats and ships are useful for travelling on the water, whether on a short trip across a river or a long one across an ocean. Boat builders and shipwrights help […]


Career Profile: Marine Engine Technician

by Giselle Mazurat

Do you like boats, ships, or watercraft systems? Do you like being by the water? If so, a career as a Marine Engine Technician may interest you. What Do You […]


Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts Career Profile

by Susan Huebert

If you watch a construction project from the beginning, you might see people setting explosives. They might blow up rocks, tree stumps, or even the foundation of old buildings to […]


Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products (French version available)

by Susan Huebert

At a grocery store, you can see all kinds of foods, including meat, fruit, and vegetables. Before the food gets there, graders and sorters work to divide the food into […]


Breaking Down Barriers – Overcoming the Stereotypes on Skilled Trades

by Rochelle C. Pangilinan

An article in the Toronto Star by economics columnist Heather Scoffield states that there remains to be a significant difference in how men and women are paid in the country. […]


Supply Chain and Construction Will Lead In-Demand Trades in the 2020s (French version available)

by Meghan Brown

Demand for certain jobs rises and falls from year to year and decade to decade, but there has been an overall trend of strong growth across the trades for the […]